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Ezekiel · Chapter 43

After Ezekiel had surveyed the temple of God, he had a vision of the glory of God. When Christ crucified, and the things freely given to us of God, through Him, are shown to us by the , they make us ashamed for our sins. This frame of mind prepares us for fuller discoveries of the mysteries of love; and the whole of the Scriptures should be opened and applied, that men may see their sins, and of them. We are not now to offer any sacrifices, for by one offering Christ has perfected for ever those that are , Heb. 10:14; but the sprinkling of his blood is needful in all our approaches to God the Father. Our best services can be accepted only as sprinkled with the blood which cleanses from all sin.